On Jan 27, 2011, at 1:51 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > On 11-01-27 12:03 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: >> My real objection is generalizations like "equipment doesn't matter". >> For some shots it doesn't matter and for some it does. My opinion is >> that for a great majority it does make a difference. Better equipment >> is far less likely to be inappropriate for a particular photographic >> situation than lousy equipment. > > Agreed, completely. I don't think that I've ever said "equipment doesn't > matter" myself, I certainly didn't intend to. If I really thought that, I > wouldn't have upgraded beyond the Canon A75 p&s I had. > > I feel that equipment matters up to the point where it is not getting in the > way. For some that point is really low. For others, quite high. Some people > have great tolerance for work-arounds, some none. > > Oh, and of course equipment matters a great to deal to bling collectors--but > for reasons I'm completely uninterested in. Like I don't care about the > retro look of the Fuji X100, I just know it's not for me because 35mm-e isn't > a focal length that suits me much. >
I'm definitely not a collector, but I can appreciate the beauty of the Fuji X100. Of course I'd never buy one. It's too limited as a photographic tool. And in terms of pretty cameras, a Barnack Leica is more handsome, and an excellent one can be had for about a fourth of the Fuji's price. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2870904&size=lg > -bmw > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
